With Valentine's Day around the corner you might be looking for that perfect combination of crystals and oils to elevate your loving vibes! The reason that natural crystals and essential oils work so well together to create certain moods is because they are quite similar in many ways.
They are both completely natural and have been ancient healers for many of our ancestors for centuries. Crystals are found in the ground of the Earth itself and essential oils are derived from the plants and flowers that grow from it.
While the vibrations of crystals help us to manifest by amplifying intention, the scents of essential oils help to elicit passionate and intoxicating sensations and intensify connections.
Using these two amazing gifts together can be very powerful in achieving what you desire in life and love is one of the best things you could ask for!
So, which stones and oils are best for love?
Crystals for Love
You've probably already heard that the beautifully pink hued rose quartz is the ultimate love and relationship stone. This is the stone of the heart and unconditional love. It enhances empathy, tenderness, peace, comfort and healing, as well as improving romantic relationships by attracting romance and intimacy. Use rose quartz as an effective aphrodisiac if you feel your sex life is lacking! It is also said to enhance physical beauty.
Rose quartz is related to the heart chakra, purifying and opening it at all levels. Not only does it enhance friendship, family and romantic love, but also self love. This incredible stone dispels negativity and replaces it with love.
Pink tourmaline is another stone of love, as well as compassion and emotional healing. This stone is more of a good luck charm when it comes to attracting love, so it's a good idea to carry one around with you if that is what you're looking for.
It opens the heart chakra and encourages old wounds to heal, enabling you to move on if you are struggling with a difficult relationship from the past.
Rhodonite
Rhodonite is a stone of compassion, an emotional balancer that also clears away emotional wounds and scars from the past, and that nurtures new love. It stimulates, clears and activates the heart.
This stone is all about romantic love and is full of supportive energy when you’re handling the tough issues that come along with relationships. The mottled pink-and-black surface is an excellent reminder that nothing is perfect, and sometimes you have to stick it out to reap the benefits of something great.
This is a stone that integrates physical and spiritual energies, stimulating love and passion while energising the soul. Rhodochrosite is a paragon pink stone of selfless and unconditional love. This has led to its nickname of the 'stone of the compassionate heart'. This crystal is also good at alleviating troubles of the heart, easing down walls which have built up over time.
A loving and cosy heart-based crystal, Kunzite comes dressed in soft shades of gentle pink and is sometimes called 'the woman’s stone'. It’s a gem of deep love, inner peace, and a wisdom that grows with the years.
Kunzite will release all the tension and anger you may have stored in your heart and fill you with vibrations of peace and love that will help healing. It strengthens unconditional love and loving communication.
Carnelian
This fiery coloured stone promotes a spiritual energy conducive to offering love in return for love. Carnelian in shades of pink-orange, especially encourages love between parents and children.
Carnelian is a stone of passion and zeal above all else. It’s a perfect companion when you’re trying to get a new relationship off the ground. It can also help when you want to instil a bit of extra excitement into an old relationship.
Moonstone
Known for being a stone that increases luck in love, moonstone is one of our calmest and most contemplative reminders, that even in the darkest times there is always a glimmer of light to be found. Moonstone is also said to help reunite lovers whether physically, emotionally, or by the entwined limbs of spirituality.
Known as the stone of love and luck, Green Aventurine enhances confidence and helps embrace change, which helps motivate you to attract new love. It also promotes compassion and empathy which helps to strengthen existing relationships.
Essential Oils for Love
The sweet, floral aroma of ylang ylang has a relaxing and positive effect that makes it the perfect accompaniment for romance. The exotic scent calms anxiety and is believed to help release inhibitions, making it helpful in the bedroom! In fact, petals of the ylang ylang flower have traditionally been scattered on the beds of newlyweds.
Rose is the quintessential symbol of love and romance and is closely associated with the heart. Emotionally soothing, it promotes closeness and balance. The blooming floral fragrance of pure rose oil brings about feelings of love, care, and comfort.
Sandalwood
Sandalwood has warm, resinous notes and a well-rounded earthiness.
Its woody aroma soothes nerves and is often used to help promote sexual feelings, especially in men. Spritz your linens with this exotic fragrance to set the scene!
Patchouli
Patchouli is smoky, earthy, and warm with subtle notes of spice. It has a long history of use as an aphrodisiac due to the belief that its scent can help to rekindle desire. Like good wine or a good relationship, it is considered to improve with age. Diffuse to create a relaxing atmosphere that encourages harmony.
Sensuous jasmine awakens feelings of warmth and purity. The sultry scent of jasmine has long been used as an aphrodisiac for both men and women. The heady floral aroma can help boost your mood and promote feelings of confidence, which could be helpful for those initial date nights! This oil works especially well in massage oils or in perfumes.
Neroli
This light, floral scent is cool and refreshing but it can help you create some serious heat when you need to share a tender moment. It is known to help elicit desire and romance in people who just aren’t feeling the passion anymore. Neroli is an exquisite, classy, white floral essential oil, which is the most frequently used ingredient in perfumes not just for its exotic nature but because it contains indole, a pheromone which could induce the passion you desire.
Captivating clary sage has a green and bittersweet aroma with soft floral notes with unique musky, herbal undertones. The fresh and herbaceous essence offers a stimulating scent for the senses while extending a wonderfully calming influence on the mind. Known to facilitate feelings of deep relaxation, this oil sets the stage for a sensual mood.
Vanilla
Vanilla is one of the most alluring aromas found in nature. Its sweet decadence swirls with a deep and sultry floral note to bring a soothing sensation to the mind and body. Able to stand on its own or offer itself as a base note in blends, it is a very versatile oil to have in your passion toolkit.
How to use your chosen crystals and essential oils
Once you've chosen your crystals and oils, there are many ways to use them.
You could carry the stones with you in your handbag or pocket as a good luck charm or wear them as jewellery to reap the benefits throughout your day.
You can also meditate with them to strengthen their manifesting power.
It is always useful to place crystals all around the home but for the purposes of love and passion the best place would be on your bedside table, or the far right corner of your overall floor plan which is the feng shui area for love.
To use the oils you could create a linen spray to spritz your bedsheets, apply a diluted blend to your pulse points to wear as a perfume, or use diluted with a carrier oil such as sweet almond oil to perform a sensual massage on your partner.
Above all, enjoy experimenting!